Time for another EPs post, this time featuring indie-punk, indie-pop/rock, country/folk, and electro-punk. Here we go.
Animal Byproducts - Attempts at Understanding EP
Manchester's Animal Byproducts play intelligent and catchy brass-fuelled indie-punk. This, their EP from January, has gorgeous production, lyrical brilliance, and choruses that beg to be sung along with as the band goes about dismantling the patriarchy one song at a time. Outstanding.
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Shake Your Halo Down - Up To Your Eyes EP / Lomanstraat / Dragooned
I've mentioned a few times how much I love Chris Charlton's song-writing, and as good as the song-a-month "Casanovas" was, I still hope for a proper Shake Your Halo Down full-length, and this EP and two singles should make it clear why. Stunning indie-pop/rock, each song here is of the highest order, with airy poppy vocals, awesome guitar work, and just glorious choruses very much of the earworm variety.
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Dear Everyone - S/T EP
Dear Everyone are basically a country/folk supergroup, featuring the sublime vocals of Kelly Kemp, Helen Chambers, and El Morgan (backed by Tim Grieves). If those names seem familiar, it might be because I have posted solo records and collaborations by each of them here, so no shock that I also love this dreamy and poignant EP too. Each singer takes lead vocals on two songs each, leading to a varied, intriguing, and genuinely beautiful release.
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Robot Goes Here - Mechanical Advantage EP
Overachiever Dave Rand is an MIT professor who also released a ton of music spanning a number of different styles, including the electro-punk of Robot Goes Here - think Atom and His Package and you're not far off. If I'm honest, whilst it had its moments I wasn't a huge fan of the full-length, but this covers EP is a LOT of fun. Highlights have to be the outstanding versions of AC/DC's "Back in Black" and Anti-Flags "Die for Your Government" - I would be lying if I said I hadn't driven around town as a youngster with the windows down and this EP blasting... good times.
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